McBride.

I wonder how the Republicans will deal with her… will they ignore everything she proposes? Will they harass her?

With a meteoric rise, transgender lawmaker to make history in Congress

Delaware state legislator Sarah McBride won her momentous bid for the U.S. House this week, declaring, “Our democracy is big enough for all of us.”

The Washington Post

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

November 7, 2024

The tiny state of Delaware made history Tuesday night as a buoyant candidate in a cobalt-blue dress took the stage here, claiming the victory that will make her the first transgender member of Congress.

“Our democracy is big enough for all of us,” exulted Democrat Sarah McBride, a 34-year-old state senator whose meteoric political rise marks an extraordinary moment for the country’s trans community.

It’s also a rare high point, given the escalating violence that people such as McBride have faced across the country and the efforts by many legislatures — though not her own — to limit their rights. Last year, Reuters reported, lawmakers in 37 states introduced at least 142 bills to restrict gender-affirming health care for transgender individuals, nearly three times as many as the previous year.

So far the Republicans in Congress have remained mum about her. I expected that Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert would had something to say about her,

“Since then, I have seen that change is possible,” she told delegates, then continued, “But despite our progress, so much work remains,” she continued. “Will we be a nation where there’s only one way to love, only one way to look and only one way to live? Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally; a nation that’s stronger together?”

Another thorn in the Republican side is…

Silenced transgender state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr wins reelection in Montana

AP News

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and AMY BETH HANSON

November 6, 2024

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr won reelection in a race that will allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned by her Republican colleagues.

Zephyr, a Democrat, defeated Republican Barbara Starmer in her Democrat-leaning district in the college town of Missoula.

Zephyr, who was in her first term, was last permitted to speak on the chamber floor in April 2023, when she refused to apologize for saying some lawmakers would have blood on their hands for supporting a ban on gender-affirming medical care for youth.

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She has since become a leading voice for transgender rights across the country, helping fight against a torrent of anti-trans rhetoric on the presidential campaign trail from Donald Trump and his allies. Her campaign season has been split between Montana and other states where Democrats are facing competitive races.

The Republicans are an equal opportunity discriminator… they discriminate against anyone who is different or a member of the opposition party,

Zephyr’s sanction came as minority party members nationwide were being penalized for speaking out in protest. Tennessee Republicans expelled Democratic Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Legislature for chanting along with gun control supporters who packed the House gallery in response to a Nashville school shooting that killed six people, including three children. Jones and Pearson were later reinstated.

Oklahoma Republicans also censured a nonbinary Democratic colleague after state troopers said the lawmaker blocked them from questioning an activist accused of assaulting a police officer during a protest over legislation banning children from receiving gender-affirming care, such as puberty-blocking drugs and hormones.

It seems to me that the Republicans hold the Democrats to a higher standard than their own party legislator.